Project Manager Finance

Full Time Ama Waterways, LLC, Calabasas, CA, US

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $95,000.00 Annually

At Ama Waterways, we believe meaningful careers begin with purpose, passion and a shared commitment to delivering unforgettable experiences. For those who value curiosity, connection and personal enrichment, Ama Waterways offers the opportunity to help craft meaningful river journeys that invite travelers to follow their own current. Built on a foundation of heartfelt hospitality, we treat our guests—and each other—with genuine care, warmth and respect.

Ama Waterways fosters a collaborative environment both onboard our ships and across our global network of offices, where team members grow together, support one another and take pride in upholding the high standards and thoughtful service our company is known for.

We invite talented, motivated professionals to explore our career opportunities and begin their journey with Ama Waterways today.

The Project Manager drives cross-functional finance initiatives that improve how the team works and change the company's cost trajectory, including process improvement, automation, system enhancements and priority special projects. This role works with senior leaders across the organization to keep many in-flight change projects moving to completion, and serves as the finance voice on IT projects led by other organizations. It brings structure, momentum and clear communication to complex work so the finance team can clear backlogs, automate manual tasks and deliver on key priorities.

This role operates with imperfect information and helps the team quickly identify and implement the changes needed to produce quality, decision-useful finance data.

• Plan and manage finance special projects and improvement initiatives from scoping through delivery
• Define project scope, goals, timelines, resources and success measures with project sponsors
• Follow up with senior leaders across the organization to drive progress and completion in an environment with multiple in-flight change projects
• Drive completion of identified opportunities to change the company's cost trajectory, tracking actions and benefits through delivery
• Serve as the finance voice and liaison on IT projects led by other organizations, translating finance requirements, aligning priorities and keeping finance needs on track through delivery
• Coordinate temporary project resources, outside advisors and IT support working with the finance team
• Lead process improvement and automation efforts that reduce manual work and clear processing backlogs
• Track progress, manage risks and dependencies and elevate issues early
• Provide regular status reporting to the CFO and senior leadership
• Facilitate working sessions and drive decisions across Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Treasury and other teams
• Document processes, requirements and lessons learned to make improvements stick
• Support change management, training and adoption of new processes and tools
• Partner with IT and vendors on finance system enhancements
• Lead AI enablement initiatives across finance, identifying use cases, piloting AI-enabled tools and supporting adoption
• Identify and help implement the changes needed to deliver quality, decision-useful finance data

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Information Systems (PMP preferred)
• 3+ years of project management, project coordination or related experience, including finance or accounting initiatives
• Executive presence sufficient to communicate credibly and effectively with senior leaders across the organization
• Ability to diplomatically and efficiently balance progress on in-flight projects with ongoing operational activities
• Experience leading process…